Wren v. Harris
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Hunt. Tried below before Hon. E. W. Terhune. This is an appeal by Wren and others from a judgment in favor of Harris for one-third in the James May 320 acres headright. The plaintiffs claimed the entire interest through heirs of said James May. The defendant claimed one-third interest by purchase of the locative interest from parties who made the location under a contract with the guardian •of the said James May, non compos mentis.
1Opinion of the Court
GAINES, Associate Justice.
—This suit was brought for the recov-ery of .a tract of land patented to James May. The plaintiff Annie May -claimed title as an heir of the patentee, who was her father, and plaintiff Wren claimed through conveyances from her two sisters. The defendant •disclaiming as to an undivided interest of two-thirds in 'the tract of laud, .set up title to one undivided third, and obtain.ed a judgment therefor.
The record shows that in 1841 one N. K. Alston was appointed guardian •of the estate of James May as a minor and as a person non compos mentis. The property of the…
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